Manifolding sales-book.



W. GREIG.

MANIPOLDING SALES BOOK. APPLICATION FILED m. 17. '191 Patented Nov. 5,1912.

UNITED STATES PATENT onmon.

WALTEB GREIG, -OF NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR. TO AMERICAN SALES3.0.0.! QQMPANY, LIMITED, OF TORONTO, CANATBA, A--GORPORATION F ONTARIO,

CLARA-DA.

MANIFOLDING SALES-BOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 17, 1911. Serial No. 660/79 2.

Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, ALTEa GRn1c," a citizenof the United States, residing at Nlagara Falls, in the county ofNiagara and State 'of New York, haveinvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Manifolding Sales ing sales book of the above characterin Books, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescriptiomsuch as will enable others'skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

. This invention relates to manifolding sales books.

One of the objects of thg present invention is to provide a simple andpractical sales book. I

Another object is to provide a manifolding sales book of the abovecharacter which will be easy to manipulate and inexpensive tomanufacture. t

A further object is to provide a manifoldwhich the entire transactionwill be'completely duplicated at all times.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed outhereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combinations ofelements and arrangements of parts which will beexemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and-the sec ofthe application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

The accompanying drawin longitudinal sectional view of one of thevarious possible embodiments of this invention. 1

Similar reference characters referto similar parts throughout thedifferent views of the drawing. j

Referring to this drawing in detail, a cover com risin a front and back1 and 2. respective y, inc oses the sales book, and is preferably madein one piece bound with the leaves of thepad by means of staples 3.

The pad inclosed within the cover is comosed of a plurality of sets oforiginal and uplicate leaves 4 and 5, respectively, ar ranged incontinuous fold or zigzag form. The leaves are perforated along bothends 6 as well as the bound side 7 as indicatedby" the dotted lineswhich permit the leaves to.

be separated from each other and from ,th'

pad. The leaves are also ruled and spiced- .shows in Figural aperspective view an In Fig. 2 a

in any desired manner, according to the particular use to which the bookis to be put.

Interposed between the back 2 of the cover and the bottom leaf of thepad and preferthick cardboard 8 which provides a stifiening member topreventthe booli'from becomin bent-and worn. This member also provi es ameans of attachment for a carbon sheet 9 the end of which is pastedalong the upper end edge 10 thereof. This carbon sheet is foldedupwardly over one end of the pad, and then inserted between the leavesof the top set of original and duplicate leaves. By positioning andattaching the carbon sheet in this manner instead'of bindably boundtherewith is a sheet of relatively ing it with the leaves and cover atthe side of the pad, or ifthe pad is bound at-th'e end to the bindingthereof, it is thereby positively prevented from gradually creeping awayfrom the side or bottom edge, as the case may be, as the pad becomesmore and more reduced in thickness, It will be readily seen for examplethat if the carbon sheet is bound to the sideedge of the pad by means ofa staple 3, when the lower sets of leaves are being used, the outer sideor free edge of the carbon sheet will be drawn in,

due to the drop from the top of the binding ing drawing, the transactionis recorded on original leaf 4 and the data transcribed through thecarbon sheet.9 to the duplicate leaf 5. The original leaf 4, is by theprevious transaction oron inserting the carbon sheet, torn down the sideline 7 By grasping the top of this leaf 4 and pulling it up- Wardly andrarivardly the duplicate leaf 5 I is toriililon'githa dptted side line 7thus auto'maticall "removing the carbon shoot 9 and than moving the.leaf forwardl the ne t original leaf 4 is torn down the si e line. Theset" of original andflduplicate leaves are then severed and separatedfrom each other along the bottom perforated lines (3, the carbon sheetlaid over the next duplicatc leaf, and the new original leaf turned backinto operative position as shown. The book is then ready for the secondoperation. As these operations are repeated, the pad 'will becomethinner or more reduced in thickness and-the carbon sheet willaccordingly become relatively longer so as 'to fully and completelycover the duplicate leaf at all times instead of .becoming relativelyshorter under circumstances above explained.

It is thus seen that this invention provides a practicahdurable, andinexpensive manifolding sales book, possessing and accomplishing, amongothers, all of the objects and advantages above set forth. 7 As manychanges could be made in the above construction and many apparentlywidely tion could be made without departing from the scope thereof, itisintended that all matter containedin the above description or shown inthe accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not ina limiting sense.

Having described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. A sales book combining a pad formed by a continuously folded sheet oforiginal and duplicate leaves, and a carbon sheet having one end securedbeneath the under side of said pad and adapted to be folded upwardlyover an edge to lie between an original leaf and a duplicate leafwhereby a creeping of the carbon sheet to uncover a portion of aduplicate leaf as the pad becomes reduced in thickness is positivelyprevented.

2. A sales book combining a pad comprising a continuously folded sheetforming a plurality of sets of original and duplicate differentembodiments of this invenleaves bound together along one side edge, astiffening member connected with said pad and positioned therebeneath,and a carbon sheet attached to said member and folded upwardly overanother edge and adapted to lie between the leaves of the top set oforiginal and duplicate'leaves whereby a creepber and folded upwardlyover the end edge of said pad and adapted to lie between the leaves ofthe top set of original and duplicate leaves whereby a creeping of thecarbon sheet to uncover a portion of a duplicate leaf as the pad becomesreduced in thickness is positively prevented.

4. A sales book combining a pad comprising a. plurality of sets oforiginal and duplicate leaves arranged in zigzag form bound togetheralong. a side edge, a stiifening memberbound with said leaves andpositioned beneath the pad, :1. carbon sheet attached at one end to saidmember and folded upwardly over the end edge of said pad and adapted tolie between-the leaves of the top set of original and duplicate leaveswhereby a creeping of the carbon sheet to uncover a portion of aduplicate leaf as the pad becomes reduced in thickness is positively prevented, and a cover for said book inclosing said parts bound togetherwith the leaves of said pad.

In testimony whereof I-afii x my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

WALTER GREIG. WVitnesses:

\VM. A. PRINGLE, P. V. KELLER.

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